FYI - Rhetoric

[Yah-E]

I wrote:

Dr. Andy XXXX D.M.D.

My faculty said that's rhetorical, it should be either:

Dr. Andy XXXX

OR

Andy XXXX D.M.D.

[HINT: Tom, fixed your signature, congrats in about a week!]

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[3rdMolarRoller]

I do not agree that the first one is not right. The public will not know what type of doctor you are if you do option two. Do you have a doctorate in medicine, economics, english....

Putting the DMD/DDS/MD/OD/PHD tells the person where your expertise is. So I think option one and three are correct and two is not enough info

 

[3rdMolarRoller]

And remember this, because a person with a doctorate told you that is the right way, still doesn't mean its right!

I think we need a second opinion

 

[Mo007]

I agree with Andy.

If you want to choose Dr. XXX YYYY - there is no obligation to share your field or specialty with anyone. This is good - it shows that you are a professional as well as any other doctor. The anonymity itself is why the title Dr. was created for doctors to be viewed as experts.

However, XXX YYY, DDS - allows you to distinguish yourself from other Doctors when it comes to certain things like: Your name in publications, your name in the yellow pages, your name on your private practice etc.

 

[ShawnOne]

I've asked that question before too. From what I was told, Andy and Mo007 are correct.

 

[ryche22]

yeah when my brother graduated med school last year, he started signing everything Dr. XXX M.D.

other doctors said it was redundant and made fun of him.

late
rick

 

[Yah-E]

Andy is always right!

Never doubt Andy!

Hey, I, too, was corrected by a faculty, so I think they would know what the hectic they're talking about!

He pointed at my "Dr. Andy XXXXX D.M.D." and said, that's rhetorical, you know that right? I was like....."uuuuhh...yeah!"



But now I know and knowing is half of the battle, G.I. JOE!

 

[Dr.SpongeBobDDS]

I think you mean redundant. it's all good, though.

 

[drPheta]

Andy, you're still wrong! It's supposed to be Andy XXX, D.M.D., M.D. !!!

 

[aileen]

I agree with you all. Why do u have to stress your degree more than once unless ur really desperate?

 

[ItsGavinC]

The first instance is NOT at all redundant in certain situations.

In situations where you are to be viewed as an "expert" in an area, it is nearly a necessity that you state both "Dr." and the degree(s) held.

Of course, such a signing on checks or other paperwork would be foolish, especially if it is an intra-healthcare situation.

 

[ryche22]

Of course, such a signing on checks or other paperwork would be foolish, especially if it is an intra-healthcare situation.

thats what i was talking about...signing like that for a beer at the bar, or to fill up your gas tank.

late
rick

 

[trypmo]

A running joke on the TV show "3rd Rock from the Sun" was that the character Mary Albright, a rather insecure anthropology professor at a tiny "Podunk U." type of school, had "Dr. Mary Albright, Ph.D." imprinted on her credit card, which she'd flash around at restaurants with a smug smile. Anyone else remember that?